@@larrikinjapan If people do not follow the rule of walking on the right side of the road, they risk being hit by a car if they accidentally step off the shoulder onto the road. When someone is walking towards you and following the rule of walking on the right side of the road, one of you must step onto the road. Also, when there is a stop sign, cars must stop in front of the sign and check that it is safe. If you fail to do this, you risk hitting pedestrians or bicyclists.
i wear shorts + sun glasses + point fingers at my children sometimes + give money in even numbers without using any envelope + drink while walking around + answer phones 100% inside restaurants/shops + almost never give any gifts except when I am invited to the events (birthday partys).... I wonder if I am going to get expelled in the first day when arriving to Japan.
I’m on my third trip to Japan and always see on TH-cam how foreigners should behave in Japan. But so far on this trip I’ve seen multiple instances of Japanese not following rules. I’ve witnessed many smoking outside of designated areas in Tenjin, stubbing cigarettes out in the streets, people standing side by side on escalators and just tonite someone playing videos out loud on their phone in a restaurant. And there are a lot of Asian tourists like the Chinese who are very loud and obnoxious especially in groups. And I always wear sunglasses as I have bifocal.
You will always get a few bad eggs in any society. I know what you mean about Chinese. I always wear sunglasses in summer, too. They don’t tend to pay much attention when they are doing the wrong thing but if we do they tend to pay more attention to it.
@@larrikinjapan On the whole ive found Japanese are very friendly especially when you engage with a nod of the head or a ohayo gusimus. But you notice things like prolonged stares, being followed in smaller stores or people don’t sit near you on buses etc. Is this an insular thing as a result of a homogeneous population with many people not travelling much out of their country or maybe a bit xenophobic. Many Aussies as a rite of passage travel and do the backpacking thing around the world etc. Do Japanese on the whole get out of their own backyard?
@@lizardears4861 I think many of them who do travel tend to use tours. Mainly because they don't get a lot of time off work a few days. Also, they fell safer.
This does not necessarily mean that Japanese people do not follow the rules. People who do not follow the rules are people who do not mind causing trouble for others, and people who do not understand that they themselves may find themselves in difficult times or in danger.
We witnessed a Japanese American man I assume, talking loudly in Japanese on a crowded train lol. He would switch from fluent Japanese to speak on the phone to English to speak to his wife next to him. Nobody looked at him or said anything
With sunglasses and shorts. I never wear them when we visit a temple, l always wear long pants and put my sunglasses in my pocket. Call me old fashion but l don’t like western people going to a temple in a spaghetti string top and short dresses or pants or men in singlets and shorts. I saw this alot on our last visit ( this summer and early autumn was still hot ). Don’t get me started on people posing for ages to get that instagram/ tiktok photo.
Good video! So the thing about pointing in Japanese culture, to my knowledge, is that it's very accusatory. So I'm pretty sure it would come across as very direct and probably pretty aggressive.
@@eddenoy321 it's true for Japan also. My wife is Japanese and she smacked me on the train and told me not to do it when I had my right leg set over my left knee. Lived there for years and had no idea until she said. Most Japanese won't tell you because they write it off as being foreign.
The rule for pedestrians in Japan is that they must walk on the right side of the road.
That is right and bikes the left side
@@larrikinjapan If people do not follow the rule of walking on the right side of the road, they risk being hit by a car if they accidentally step off the shoulder onto the road.
When someone is walking towards you and following the rule of walking on the right side of the road, one of you must step onto the road.
Also, when there is a stop sign, cars must stop in front of the sign and check that it is safe.
If you fail to do this, you risk hitting pedestrians or bicyclists.
You are exactly correct
i wear shorts + sun glasses + point fingers at my children sometimes + give money in even numbers without using any envelope + drink while walking around + answer phones 100% inside restaurants/shops + almost never give any gifts except when I am invited to the events (birthday partys).... I wonder if I am going to get expelled in the first day when arriving to Japan.
Great video Thanks
You are welcome!
Your area looks pleasant. May I ask what city you are in ? Retired with spousal visa.
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Work part time permanent resident
I’m on my third trip to Japan and always see on TH-cam how foreigners should behave in Japan. But so far on this trip I’ve seen multiple instances of Japanese not following rules. I’ve witnessed many smoking outside of designated areas in Tenjin, stubbing cigarettes out in the streets, people standing side by side on escalators and just tonite someone playing videos out loud on their phone in a restaurant. And there are a lot of Asian tourists like the Chinese who are very loud and obnoxious especially in groups. And I always wear sunglasses as I have bifocal.
You will always get a few bad eggs in any society. I know what you mean about Chinese. I always wear sunglasses in summer, too. They don’t tend to pay much attention when they are doing the wrong thing but if we do they tend to pay more attention to it.
@@larrikinjapan On the whole ive found Japanese are very friendly especially when you engage with a nod of the head or a ohayo gusimus. But you notice things like prolonged stares, being followed in smaller stores or people don’t sit near you on buses etc. Is this an insular thing as a result of a homogeneous population with many people not travelling much out of their country or maybe a bit xenophobic. Many Aussies as a rite of passage travel and do the backpacking thing around the world etc. Do Japanese on the whole get out of their own backyard?
@@lizardears4861 I think many of them who do travel tend to use tours. Mainly because they don't get a lot of time off work a few days. Also, they fell safer.
This does not necessarily mean that Japanese people do not follow the rules.
People who do not follow the rules are people who do not mind causing trouble for others, and people who do not understand that they themselves may find themselves in difficult times or in danger.
We witnessed a Japanese American man I assume, talking loudly in Japanese on a crowded train lol. He would switch from fluent Japanese to speak on the phone to English to speak to his wife next to him. Nobody looked at him or said anything
Good tips 🎉
Thanks
30k is still even bro
No it’s not because it’s 3 10,000 yen notes so they don’t divide evenly. 20,000 , 40,000 divide evenly.
@@larrikinjapan 2 x5000 2x 10000 still even or can still go to family mart convert that into divisible cash
This is a Japanese thing. You give 3 notes they can’t be divided evenly. It makes sense to them.
@@larrikinjapan Mathematically 3000 is not a odd number but I get what you mean 😂 It's more about the number of notes i guess
That’s it. You have got it.
I feel like I’ve watched this before…
With sunglasses and shorts. I never wear them when we visit a temple, l always wear long pants and put my sunglasses in my pocket. Call me old fashion but l don’t like western people going to a temple in a spaghetti string top and short dresses or pants or men in singlets and shorts. I saw this alot on our last visit ( this summer and early autumn was still hot ). Don’t get me started on people posing for ages to get that instagram/ tiktok photo.
I called in a restaurant, and my friend stepped outside to call. Maybe he was showing me some manners
Maybe
Good video! So the thing about pointing in Japanese culture, to my knowledge, is that it's very accusatory. So I'm pretty sure it would come across as very direct and probably pretty aggressive.
My wife said it is sort of rude not very polite. Different people have different views on it so you could be right,too a bit aggressive.
why does every foreign people make the exact same video about japan?? もううんざりだ！！！
じゃなぜ外国人向けな動画を見ているの？
At time stamp 6:20 are all the parked cars abandoned ?!?! 😢😂
No shorts lol my partner he is now considering not visiting Japan 😂😂😂
No he buys them cheap and ships them overseas.
@@larrikinjapan cool 😎
Don't show the bottoms of your feet to people on trains or common areas.
Interesting I must ask my wife about it
Thats more of an arab thing.
@@eddenoy321 it's true for Japan also. My wife is Japanese and she smacked me on the train and told me not to do it when I had my right leg set over my left knee. Lived there for years and had no idea until she said. Most Japanese won't tell you because they write it off as being foreign.
@@NanomachineExE I have never heard of that and I was there 20+ years but whatever. i think your wife just wanted to smack you🤣